We both believe that basketball is a great game, integrated into a framework where family and school come first. Having the correct priorities counts.
Coach Labella and I have almost a hundred years of combined basketball experience (we're old). Coach played point guard for Somerville during the era when Somerville was a perennial basketball hotbed; he has coached travel basketball for "many" years, including coaching his daughter who chose to play volleyball and was an All-League volleyball player. He believes in fundamentals, transition basketball, and tight man-to-man defense. He works for the Commonwealth's judicial system.
I believe in 'teaching basketball' and came from the Wakefield High School system, playing shooting guard on a Division I North champion and playing college baseball. I also strongly believe in the Psychology of success, that a winning attitude is a precursor to success on and off the court.
I helped coach my daughters, who became successful EMASS basketball and volleyball players, each participating on five Division 2 North champions during their court careers. I believe in multiple defenses, and the 'technical' aspects of learning offensive and defensive basketball, in other words, the application of individual skill development. I work in health care.
We believe in Morgan Wootten's basketball principles:
- Play hard
- Play smart
- Play together
- Have fun
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